Flying: The Aviation Trilogy (Scribner Classics) [Hardcover]

Richard Bach (Author)

Book Description

Series: Scribner Classics | Publication Date: October 21, 2003

Here for the first time in a single volume are three of Richard Bach's most compelling works about flight.

From his edgy days as a USAF Alert pilot above Europe in an armed F84-F Thunderstreak during the Cold War to a meander across America in a 1929 biplane, Bach explores the extreme edges of the air, his airplane, and himself in glorious writing about how it feels to climb into a machine, leave the earth, and fly.

Only a handful of writers have translated their experiences in the cockpit into books that have mesmerized generations.

Editorial Reviews

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The New York Times A classic of men who sail the upper regions of the earth.

About the Author

A former USAF pilot, gypsy barnstormer and airplane mechanic, Richard Bach is the author of fifteen books. This, his fourth book, spent two years on The New York Times bestseller list and has continued to inspire millions for decades. His website is www.richardbach.com.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Scribner; 1 edition (October 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743247477
• ISBN-13: 978-0743247474
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,001,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A former USAF pilot, gypsy barnstormer and airplane mechanic, Richard Bach is the author of more than three books.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you love flying. . .or love someone who loves flying. . .this is the book to get, June 20, 2006

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William R. Forstchen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flying: The Aviation Trilogy (Scribner Classics) (Hardcover)

This work is an "omnibus" edition of Richard Bach's three great classics on flying. Readers familiar with Bach tend to think of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (any of us in college in the 70s remember that one!) but long before Jonathan took wing, Bach had his own flying adventures, first as a military pilot during the early years of the cold war, and then, remarkably as a "barnstormer" flying an antique plane around the country. These three books recount those adventures of his earlier years.

I first discovered them when learning to fly in my early twenties. Time, circumstances, life in general took me away from my passion of flying until recently, when I again took to the air in a light weight aircraft and am just about finished with restoring a light weight replica of a P-51 Mustang. I fell back into Bach's works and discovered, yet again, all the wonderful memories, and yes, telling me as well about why, after a bit of a gut tightening moment when something doesn't feel right with the plane, I take a deep breath and behold, there is the splendor of the world below me at dawn, the beauty of circling a cloud that no one, before or ever after, will see as I now see it, and that sweet sense of being one with my plane as I slide into final approach and touch the earth again.

If you love flying, this is your book. If you love someone who loves flying (and can't figure out exactly why they do such crazy things!) buy this book, read it, get the insights, then hand it over to the pilot who will be thrilled that you now "understand."

I am delighted that Bach's three great works are back out there again in this single edition.

Bill in North Carolina
co-owner of a Loehle P-51 Mustang "Gloria Ann III"

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars hear it from Huck, December 13, 2008

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Paul M. Huckelberry (Cleveland) - See all my reviews
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I am a pilot who up until this year hadn't flown in over twenty years. Reading this book opened my eyes again to my love of flying and the spiritual freedom I have enjoyed by my time in the air. Because of this book I have once again started flying. But the book is more than just flying. It is about finding out what is important to you -REALLY important and finding the courage to look beyond all of the excuses for not following your dream. Trust the universe and do what you were meant to do!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As a gift it's a hit!, November 9, 2006

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Mary A. Earhart (Zancudo, Costa Rica) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flying: The Aviation Trilogy (Scribner Classics) (Hardcover)

I bought this book as a gift for my son who is taking flying lessons and working at a small airport. I had read Bach's stories separately and liked them all. My son loved it! It makes a lovely gift.